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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Conference on the Economics of Aging

David Wise, Organizer

April 28 – May1, 2016

The Boulders
34631 North Tom Darlington Drive
Carefree, Arizona

PROGRAM

 

Thursday, April 28 – Duck Pond

7:00 pm

Reception and Dinner

Friday, April 29Sonoran Ballroom

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

James Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Steven F. Venti, Dartmouth College and NBER
David A. Wise, Harvard University and NBER
TBD

Discussant: James P. Smith, RAND Corporation

9:50 am

David M. Cutler, Harvard University and NBER
TBD

Discussant: Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER

10:40 am

Coffee Break

11:00 am

John Beshears, Harvard University and NBER
James Choi, Yale University and NBER
David Laibson, Harvard University and NBER
Brigitte Madrian, Harvard University and NBER
Sean Wang, NBER
Who is Easier to Nudge?

Discussant: Daniel L. McFadden, University of California at Berkeley and NBER

11:50 am

Michael D. Hurd, RAND Corporation and NBER
Susann Rohwedder, RAND Corporation
Predicting Labor Force Participation of the Older Population

Discussant: David Weir, University of Michigan

12:40 pm

Lunch, Upper Sonoran Patio, spouses are invited

2:00 pm

Florian Heiss, University of Duesseldorf
Daniel L. McFadden, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Joachim Winter, University of Munich
Amelie Wuppermann, University of Munich
The Housing Crisis of the Late 2000s and Causal Paths Between Health and Socioeconomic Status

Discussant: Jonathan S. Skinner, Dartmouth College and NBER

2:50 pm

Axel H. Börsch-Supan, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy and NBER
The Merits of International Comparisons

Discussant: Arie Kapteyn, University of Southern California and NBER

3:40 pm

Esther Duflo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Abhijit Banerjee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
TBD

Discussant: Jay Bhattacharya, Stanford University and NBER

4:30 pm

Adjourn

Saturday, April 30Sonoran Ballroom

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

Diego Comin, Dartmouth College and NBER
Jonathan Skinner, Dartmouth College and NBER
Douglas Staiger, Dartmouth College and NBER
Knowledge, Skill, and Technology Adoption: The Case of Implantable Defibrillators (ICDs)

Discussant: David M. Cutler, Harvard University and NBER

9:50 am

Jay Bhattacharya, Stanford University and NBER
Population Aging, Health, and Disability in Japan

Discussant: Hidehiko Ichimura, University of Tokyo

10:40 am

Coffee Break

11:00 am

James Banks, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Richard Blundell, Insitute for Fiscal Studies
Peter Levell, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Jim Smith, RAND Corporation
Life-Cycle Consumption Patterns at Older Ages in the US and the UK

Discussant: Michael D. Hurd, RAND Corporation and NBER

11:50 am

Arie Kapteyn, University of Southern California and NBER
Mallory Montgomery, University of Southern California
James Smith, RAND Corporation
Arthur van Soest, Tilburg University
Why is There a Relation Between GDP and Life Satisfaction?

Discussant: Susann Rohwedder, RAND Corporation

12:40 pm

Adjourn

Sunday, May 1 – Departure